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Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Nina Redmond is a librarian with a gift for finding the perfect book for her readers. But can she write her own happy-ever-after? Pairing a reader with that perfect book is her passion... and also her job. Or at least it was. Until yesterday, she was a librarian in the hectic city. But now the job she loved is no more. Determined to make a new life for herself, Nina moves to a sleepy village many miles away, buys a van and transforms it into a mobile...
Author
Series
Little Beach Street Bakery volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
424, 16 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Polly Waterford flees to the Cornish coast to escape a ruined relationship. To keep her mind off her troubles, she throws herself into her favorite hobby: making bread. But her relaxing weekend diversion quickly develops into a passion. As she pours her emotions into kneading and pounding the dough, each loaf becomes better than the last. Soon, Polly is working her magic with nuts and seeds, chocolate and sugar, and the local honey--courtesy of a...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow & Company
Pub. Date
2018
Physical Desc
416 p. ; 203 x 135mm
Language
English
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Caf by the Sea--whose novels are an evocative, sweet treat (JOJO MOYES)--comes this heartwarming holiday novel set on a charming Scottish island. On the remote Scottish island of Mure, the Christmas season is stark, windy, and icy--yet incredibly festive and beautiful... It's a time for getting cozy in front of whisky barrel wood fires, and enjoying a dram and a treacle pudding with the people you...
Author
Series
Island of Mure novels volume 4
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the tiny, beautiful, and remote island of Mure, halfway between Scotland and Norway, a new hotel opening is a big event. New mother Flora MacKenzie and her brother Fintan are working themselves half to death to get it ready in time for Christmas. The new hotel's impressive kitchens throw together two unlikely new friends: Isla Gregor is the hardworking young girl who has been a waitress in the island's cafe, dreaming of a bigger, better life now...
Author
Series
Island of Mure novels volume 5
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 388 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the little Scottish island of Mure—halfway between Scotland and Norway—Flora MacKenzie and her fiancé Joel are planning the smallest of 'sweetheart weddings,' a high summer celebration surrounded only by those very dearest to them.
Not everyone on the island is happy about being excluded, though. The temperature rises even further when beautiful Olivia MacDonald—who left Mure ten years ago for bigger and brighter things—returns with...
Author
Publisher
HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First HarperLuxe edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 442 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times best selling author Jenny Colgan comes a hilarious romantic comedy about a down-on-her-luck florist whose future begins to bloom when she takes on the challenge of helping to transform her nerdy roommate. Holly is a frustrated florist whose life doesn't seem to be coming up roses. Fleeing a roommate situation from hell, she moves in with a motley crew of friends--Josh, a sexually confused merchant banker; Kate, a high-flying legal...
Author
Series
Scottish Bookshop volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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"Lissa, is a nurse in a gritty, hectic London neighborhood. Always terribly competent and good at keeping it all together, she’s been suffering quietly with PTSD after helping to save the victim of a shocking crime. Her supervisor quietly arranges for Lissa to spend a few months doing a much less demanding job in the little town of Kirrinfeif in the Scottish Highlands, hoping that the change of scenery will help her heal. Lissa will be swapping...
Author
Publisher
Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
334 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Running an island plane service with her grandfather on the remote islands of northern Scotland, Morag McGinty, on the verge of making a huge life change, is marooned on an off-grid island with a visiting ornithologist who has just the right perspective to help her pilot her course.
"Morag MacIntyre is a Scottish lass from the remote islands that make up the northernmost reaches of the UK. She's also a third-generation pilot, the heir apparent to...
Author
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Center Point Large Print edition.
Physical Desc
519 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
It's true that Anna Trent is a supervisor in a chocolate factory...but that doesn't necessarily mean she knows how to make chocolate. And when a fateful accident gives her the opportunity to work at Paris's elite chocolatier Le Chapeau Chocolat, Anna expects to be outed as a fraud. After all, there is a world of difference between chalky, mass-produced English chocolate and the gourmet confections Anna's new boss creates. But with a bit of luck and...
Author
Series
Scottish bookshop volume 2
Language
English
Description
Desperate to escape London, single mother Zoe wants to build a new life for herself and her four-year-old son, Hari. She can barely afford the crammed studio apartment on a busy street where shouting football fans keep them awake all night, and Hari's dad, JAz, a charismatic but perpetually broke DJ, is no help at all. But his sister, Surinder, comes to Zoe's aid, hooking her up with a job as far away from the urban crush as possible: working at a...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Years ago Flora fled the quiet Scottish island where she grew up - and she hasn't looked back. What would she have done on Mure? It's a place where everyone has known her all her life, where no one will let her forget the past. In bright, bustling London, she can be anonymous, ambitious...and hopelessly in love with her boss. But when fate brings Flora back to the island, she's suddenly swept once more into life with her brothers - all strapping,...
Author
Series
Christmas bookshop volume 1
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
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Description
"Laid off from her department store job, Carmen has little cash and few options. Spending Christmas with her perfect sister Sofia and her perfectly ordered life does not appeal. But Sofia has a client who needs help revitalizing his bookshop. So Carmen moves in and takes the job. Thrown into the workings of Mr. McCredie's ancient bookshop in historic Edinburgh, Carmen is intrigued. The store is dusty and disorganized but undeniably charming. Can...
Author
Series
[Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop] volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First William Morrow paperback [hardcover] edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 341 pages : illustrations, map, genealogical table ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When tragedy strikes, a small English village must pull together to save Christmas.
It's a white Christmas in England, and Rosie Hopkins is feeling festive: Her sweetshop is festooned with striped candy canes, luscious chocolate boxes, and happy, sticky children, and she and her boyfriend are eagerly awaiting the arrival of their families. But when a tragedy strikes at the heart of their charming town, all of Rosie's plans for the future seem to...
Author
Series
Cupcake cafe novels volume 1
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xiii, 410 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When Issy Randal is laid off from her desk job, she decides to open up her own little cafe. But she soon learns that her piece-of-cake plan will take all her courage and confectionary talent to avert disaster.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"[A] heartwarming story a la Bridget Jones' Diary with a twist...Colgan folds in a colorful cast of characters and whips up an easy, sweet read."—USA Today
A smart, quirky contemporary confection of comedy, recipes, romance, and friendship, Meet Me at the Cupcake Café proves that life might not always taste like you expect, but there's always room for dessert!
Issy Randall can bake. No, Issy can
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